Single City State Voice To Stop Hospital Closings

“You will never get a hospital,” declared Michael J. Dowling, CEO of North Shore Long Island Jewish Hospital, before a packed auditorium at PS 41. […]

East vs. West, One More Imbalance

The imbalance in hospitals and hospital beds between the East and West sides of Manhattan has been well documented in WestView News. However, alongside is […]

Activists take protest to save hospitals to governor’s office

Several hundred hospital employees, members of two healthcare unions, and healthcare activists rallied outside Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Manhattan office on July 8 to demand a […]

Power Shift Ahead for Our New Community Education Council?

A new slate of parents just elected tothe Community Education Council for District 2 (CECD2) will make for a balanced crop of rookie and veteran […]

Bell Labs: The War Years

Walter Brattain was sitting in his Village apartment on a quiet Sunday afternoon, listening to the NBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Toscanini, when the broadcast […]

Citi Bikes: Docking Against The Clock

In late May, the Citi Bikes launched in the West Village, and docking stations sprung up everywhere, full of shiny blue bikes looking like credit […]

33 MacDougal Alley, the Lost Studio of Isamu Noguchi

MacDougal Alley is one of those hidden enclaves of Greenwich Village that many passersby may not notice, but if they do they are treated to […]

Cottage Baseball

Precisely how and why I became keen on sports I cannot say. My family had little interest. My mother had essayed a little tennis when […]

West Village Original: Keith Michael

This month’s West Village Original is Keith Michael, the author of WestView’s bird column. Born in Pennsylvania, Michael moved to New York in 1979. He […]

Nice Catch

Even before I clipped on Millie’s leash to venture out into the still-sweltering August afternoon, I knew that my usual tallying of this summer’s baby-boomer […]

THE CRADLE WILL ROCK – “Encore’s! – Off Center”

Writing a review of The Cradle Will Rock, after the show played the scheduled three performances, allows for the opportunity to give a shout to […]

This is Your Cigarette

Written and Directed by Scott Langer (he also appears as principal protagonist; James) July 11, Marilyn Monroe Theater: Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute Mr. […]

What Will Coney Island Be?

During the final days of our now-shuttered Sixth Avenue Food Emporium, frequent spontaneous conversations took place between usually solitary shoppers with concerns such as, “where […]

Minced Oaths

SnackBar Even the most Zen among us need to let rip a few curses while trying to assemble Ikea furniture or slicing off a fingernail […]

Whatever Happened To The Village Voice?

Just a day or two before the 58th annual Village Voice Obie Awards, which took place this year at Webster Hall on May 20, there […]